Anais Mitchell News

Working Families Party & Democratic Nominee for SD-25 Jabari Brisport and award-winning Broadway artists Anais Mitchell and Stephanie Hsu will tomorrow participate in a night of performance and discussion in support of the Vote WFP campaign, asking NY voters to cast their ballots on the Working Families Party line for Joe Biden & Kamala Harris.

Playing Davida's sisters (who function as the show's narrators) are Cassie Donegan of Nashville, Tennessee as Abigail and Gabriela Gonzalez (a sophomore at Winthrop University) of Charlotte, North Carolina as Zeruiah.

Today, TIME revealed its 2020 TIME100, an annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world.

Today's top stories: check out the marquee for Andrew Lloyd Webber's Cinderella, Marc Kudisch will lead a play about West Side Story for the New Works Virtual Festival, and more!

Today is World Photography Day! We're looking back at some Broadway memories, thanks to our amazing theatre photographers.

Today's top stories: a petition has launched to rename to Longacre Theatre after Nick Cordero, and more!

Like the rest of Broadway, performances of the eight-time Tony-winning Hadestown are paused, but fans still have something to look forward to in 2020. Plume will release musical creator Anaïs Mitchell's 'Working on a Song: The Lyrics of Hadestown' on October 6

The York Theatre Company has announced the schedule of upcoming online activities of live chats and panel discussions with past production and creative team members, and a special York Members Night via The York's Facebook page.

The York Theatre Company has added new items to its 50th Anniversary 'Uniquely York' Online Auction. Bidding has been extended and will now conclude Sunday evening, July 5, 2020 at 11:55PM.

Check out Tony-winner Andre De Shields, Tony-nominees Patrick Page, Eva Noblezada, and Amber Grey, and star Reeve Carney bringing the 2019 Tonys way down to Rachel Chavkin's Tony Award-winning world of Anais Mitchell's Hadestown!

While Broadway remains shut down, BroadwayWorld is keeping up with your favorite stars and giving you a peek at what they have been up to! Check out yesterday's highlights from some of your favorites, including the cast of Hadestown, Natalie Weiss, Ben Platt, Betsy Wolfe, and more!

The Hadestown family has reunited virtually to bring us a performance of 'Road to Hell, Part 2'. including Eva Noblezada, Reeve Carney, Andre de Shields, Patrick Page, Anais Mitchell, Rachel Chavkin, and more

Today's top stories: Watch the full Bombshell concert and Smash reunion that streamed last night, and more!

For today's puzzle, we're on the road to hell with the 2019 Tony-winning Best Musical, Hadestown!

Anaïs Mitchell, Tony-winning creator of Hadestown, and her husband, Noah Hahn, have announced the birth of their second child, Rosetta! Mitchell shared the exciting news via Instagram.

How do we make a list of the 101 greatest show tunes from the past 100 years? Well, we did the near-impossible task.  Check out our full list here! 

Memorial Hermann Broadway at the Hobby Center announces the sensational 2020-2021 Season today. Featuring six premiers and Tony Award® winners including the Broadway mega-sensation TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD and winner of eight 2019 Tony® Awards including Best Musical HADESTOWN. Also, Tina Fey's hilarious new musical comedy MEAN GIRLS, the music phenomenon JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR 50th Anniversary national tour, the hilarious Broadway smash TOOTSIE, the acclaimed Lincoln Center Theater production of Lemer & Loewe's MY FAIR LADY and the quirky comedy and joyful experience of THE BLUE MAN GROUP. Also: included are these season options, the inspiring true story BEAUTIFUL a?" THE CAROLE KING MUSICAL and last but not least Houston's most a?oepopulara?? musical WICKED.

Texas Performing Arts announces Broadway in Austin 2020-21 Season; the ONLY national touring Broadway series in Austin. a?oeWe're thrilled to have six Austin premieres next season,a?? said Bob Bursey, Texas Performing Arts new Executive Director.  a?oeIt's been an incredible year on Broadway and we're bringing that excitement directly to Austin with these new productions.a??

Tonight, cast recordings of Ain't Too Proud, Hadestown, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Moulin Rouge and Oklahoma! are up for Best Musical Theatre Album, and before we find out who wins, the stars are telling us which cast recordings they loved growing up!

Last night in celebration of the 62nd Annual GRAMMY nominations and the 61st Anniversary of the Recording Academy New York Chapter, the Recording Academy New York hosted a special Nominee Celebration in NYC that hosted musicians, producers, actors, singer and more!